Zimbabwe’s government wants to sell some of its ivory and rhino horn stockpile – estimated to be around $600m (£480m) by the state-run Herald newspaper – to help fund its conservation efforts.
Environment Minister Mangaliso Ndlovu made the appeal ahead of a world conservation conference that is to be held in Panama in November.
He told the BBC that close to 65% of the world’s elephant population was in the country which had a huge impact on human habits.
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